Davis Cup 2012 – United States vs. Switzerland (Player and Country Stats)

Written by: Staff on 9th February 2012

Davis Cup 2012 - United States vs. Switzerland (Player and Country Stats)

Mardy Fish of the United States returns to Alejandro Falla of Colombia in their men's second round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 18 January 2012. Falla won the match. EPA/BARBARA WALTON |

SINGLES A: MARDY FISH vs. STANISLAS WAWRINKA

Fish is playing as the United States’ No. 1 singles player for just the third time in 11 career Davis Cup appearances, and the second consecutive tie. He will face Wawrinka, Switzerland’s No. 2 player, on Friday. Fish and Wawrinka have met twice in their careers, with Fish winning both matches. They last met at the US Open Series event in Montreal in 2011, where Fish recorded a 6-3, 6-7(8), 6-0, victory in the quarterfinals. The two players have never met on a clay court.

Fish is 1-4 when leading off a Davis Cup tie, defeating Alejandro Falla in five sets in the 2010 play-off versus Colombia, and losing most recently in five sets to Feliciano Lopez in the 2011 quarterfinal against Spain. He is 2-1 when playing second on Day 1, with his only loss coming to Marin Cilic in the 2009 quarterfinal against Croatia, his most recent appearance playing in the second singles rubber.

MARDY FISH (USA)		STANISLAS WAWRINKA (SUI)
8	World Ranking	28
30 (12/9/81)	Age	26 (3/28/85)
Edina, Minn.	Birthplace	Lausanne, Switzerland
Los Angeles	Residence	St. Barthelemy, Switzerland
6’ 2″	Height	6’ 0”
180 lbs.	Weight	174 lbs.
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)	Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
2000	Turned Pro	2002
276-100 (43-25/1-1)	Singles Record Career (2011/2012)	215-157 (35-20/3-2)
6 (1)	ATP Singles Titles Career (2011)	3 (1)
$6,641,306 ($1,864,984)	Prize Money Career (2011-12)	$5,049,567 ($965,155)
6-7	Davis Cup Singles Career	14-10
2-0	Head to Head	0-2

CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD: FISH vs. WAWRINKA (Fish leads, 2-0)

Year	Event	Level	Surface	Round	Winner	Score
2011	Montreal	ATP Tour	Hard	Quarterfinals	Fish	6-3, 6-7(8), 6-0
2007	New Haven	ATP Tour	Hard	Quarterfinals	Fish	6-3, 6-3

MARDY FISH ON THE FIRST DAY OF A DAVIS CUP TIE

Fish’s Record: 3-5; U.S. Record: 4-4

YEAR	ROUND	LOCATION	SURFACE	MATCH	OPPONENT	RESULT	SCORE	FINAL SCORE
2011	WG QF	vs. Spain	Indoor Hard	R1	Feliciano Lopez	L	64 36 63 67(2) 86	ESP, 3-1
2010 2009	WG PO WG QF	at Colombia at Croatia	Outdoor Clay Indoor Clay	R1 R2	Allejandro Falla Marin Cilic	W L	46 61 64 36 64 46 63 67(3) 61 86	USA, 3-1 CRO, 3-2
2004	WG F	at Spain	Indoor Clay	R1	Carlos Moya	L	64 62 63	ESP, 3-2
2004	WG SF	vs. Belarus	Outdoor Hard	R2	Max Mirnyi	W	75 62 36 63	USA, 4-0
2004	WG QF	vs. Sweden	Outdoor Hard	R1	Jonas Bjorkman	L	46 63 62 75	USA, 4-1
2003	WG PO	at Slovakia	Outdoor Clay	R2	Karol Kucera	W	46 75 75 61	USA, 3-2
2003	WG 1R	at Croatia	Indoor Carpet	R1	Ivan Ljubicic	L	75 63 64	CRO, 4-1

SINGLES B: JOHN ISNER vs. ROGER FEDERER

John Isner will be playing singles for the third time in four Davis Cup ties since making his debut in the 2010 World Group first round in Serbia. On Friday, Isner will face Swiss No. 1 and world No. 3 Roger Federer for the third time in their careers. They most recently met in the second round of the ATP Masters event in Shanghai, and also met in the third round of the 2007 US Open, to which Isner earned a main draw wild card after capturing the 2007 NCAA men’s singles title as a senior for the University of Georgia.

Isner is 0-2 in two matches on the first day of a Davis Cup tie. He led off the 2010 first round tie against Serbia, and lost to Viktor Troicki in four sets. In the 2011 first round in Chile, Isner lost to Paul Capdeville in five sets in four hours and 22 minutes, the fifth longest match in U.S. Davis Cup history since the introduction of the tiebreak in 1989. In all, Isner has competed in eight tiebreaks in 17 sets in Davis Cup play.

Federer is 18-2 on the first day of a Davis Cup tie, including a perfect 6-0 record when playing in the opening rubber. He has won 14 consecutive matches on Day 1 of a Davis Cup tie; his last loss came in the 2001 quarterfinal against France, when he lost to Nicolas Escude in four sets.

JOHN ISNER (USA)		ROGER FEDERER (SUI)
17	World Ranking	3
26 (4/26/85)	Age	30 (8/8/81)
Greensboro, N.C.	Birthplace	Basel, Switzerland
Tampa, Fla.	Residence	Bottmingen, Switzerland
6’ 9″	Height	6’ 1”
245 lbs.	Weight	187 lbs.
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)	Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
2007	Turned Pro	1998
122-89 (36-22/2-2)	Singles Record Career (2011-12)	814-187 (64-12/7-1)
3 (2)	ATP Singles Titles Career (2011-12)	70 (4)
$3,171,068 ($1,053,545)	Prize Money Career (2011-12)	$67,930,818 ($6,821,608)
1-3	Davis Cup Singles Career	30-6
0-2	Head to Head	2-0

CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD: ISNER vs. FEDERER (Federer leads, 2-0)

Year	Event	Level	Surface	Round	Winner	Score
2010	Shanghai	ATP Tour	Hard	Second Round	Federer	6-3, 6-4
2007	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Third Round	Federer	6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

JOHN ISNER ON THE FIRST DAY OF A DAVIS CUP TIE

Isner’s Record: 0-2; U.S. Record: 1-1

YEAR

ROUND

LOCATION

SURFACE

MATCH

OPPONENT

RESULT

SCORE

FINAL SCORE

2011

2010

WG 1R

at Chile

at Serbia

Outdoor Clay

Indoor Clay

Paul Capdeville

Viktor Troicki

67(5) 67(2) 76(3) 76(5) 64

76(4) 67(5) 75 64

USA, 4-1

SRB, 3-2

SINGLES C: MARDY FISH vs. ROGER FEDERER

Fish and Federer will meet for the ninth time in their careers when they face off in the first singles match on Sunday. Federer is 7-1 against Fish, with Fish’s lone victory coming at Indian Wells in 2008. They last met in the ATP World Tour Finals in 2011, where Federer beat Fish in three sets during round robin play.

Fish will play first on Sunday for just the third time in his career, and second consecutive tie. He beat Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo in five sets in the 2010 World Group play-off to secure the tie and help the U.S. maintain its World Group status, and lost to Spain’s Davis Ferrer in the 2011 quarterfinal in a match lasting more than four hours.

Federer is 12-3 when playing first on Sunday, all of which have been live rubbers. He has won six consecutive matches on Sunday of a Davis Cup tie, with his last loss coming to Lleyton Hewitt in the 2003 World Group semifinal in Australia.

MARDY FISH (USA)		ROGER FEDERER (SUI)
8	World Ranking	3
30 (12/9/81)	Age	30 (8/8/81)
Edina, Minn.	Birthplace	Basel, Switzerland
Los Angeles	Residence	Bottmingen, Switzerland
6’ 2″	Height	6’ 1”
180 lbs.	Weight	187 lbs.
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)	Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
2000	Turned Pro	1998
276-100 (43-25/1-1)	Singles Record Career (2011/2012)	814-187 (64-12/7-1)
6 (1)	ATP Singles Titles Career (2011)	70 (4)
$6,641,306 ($1,864,984)	Prize Money Career (2011-2012)	$67,930,818 ($6,821,608)
6-7	Davis Cup Singles Career	30-6
1-7	Head to Head	7-1

CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD: FISH vs. FEDERER (FEDERER leads, 7-1)

Year	Event	Level	Surface	Round	Winner	Score
2011	ATP World Tour Finals	ATP Tour	Hard	Round Robin	Federer	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
2010	Cincinnati	ATP Tour	Hard	Final	Federer	6-7(5), 7-6(1), 6-4
2008	Indian Wells	ATP Tour	Hard	Semifinals	Fish	6-3, 6-2
2005	Indian Wells	ATP Tour	Hard	Second Round	Federer	6-3, 6-3
2004	Halle	ATP Tour	Grass	Final	Federer	6-0, 6-3
2004	Indian Wells	ATP Tour	Hard	Fourth Round	Federer	6-4, 6-1
2003	Madrid	ATP Tour	Hard	Third Round	Federer	6-3, 7-6(4)
2003	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass	Third Round	Federer	6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1

MARDY FISH IN THE THIRD SINGLES RUBBER

Fish’s Record: 1-1; U.S. Record: 1-1

YEAR	ROUND	LOCATION	SURFACE	MATCH	OPPONENT	RESULT	SCORE	FINAL SCORE
2011	WG QF	vs. Spain	Indoor Hard	R4	David Ferrer	L	75 76(3) 57 76(5)	ESP, 3-1
2010	WG PO	at Colombia	Outdoor Clay	R4	Santiago Giraldo	W	36 63 75 46 86	USA, 3-1

SINGLES D: JOHN ISNER vs. STANISLAS WAWRINKA

Should the tie extend to a decisive singles rubber, Isner will play in a live singles rubber on Sunday for the first time in his career. In his only prior singles match on Sunday in a Davis Cup tie, he beat Chile’s Guillermo Rivera-Aranguiz in three sets after the U.S. had clinched the tie.

Isner and Wawrinka have faced each other on three prior occasions, with Isner owning a 2-1 advantage, including their most recent meeting at the ATP Masters event in Paris in 2011. Isner also won their only prior matchup on clay in Belgrade in 2010.

Wawrinka is 1-1 in decisive fifth rubbers, and 3-2 in the final singles rubber overall. He most recently came back from a two-sets-to-one deficit to defeat Lleyton Hewitt in a decisive singles rubber in the 2011 World Group Playoff.

JOHN ISNER (USA)		STANISLAS WAWRINKA (SUI)
17	World Ranking	28
26 (4/26/85)	Age	26 (3/28/85)
Greensboro, N.C.	Birthplace	Lausanne, Switzerland
Tampa, Fla.	Resides	St. Barthelemy, Switzerland
6’ 9″	Height	6’ 0”
245 lbs.	Weight	174 lbs.
Right-handed (two-handed backhand)	Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
2007	Turned Pro	2002
122-89 (36-22/2-2)	Singles Record Career (2011/2012)	215-157 (35-22/3-2)
3 (2)	ATP Singles Titles Career (2011)	3 (1)
$3,171,068 ($1,053,545)	Prize Money Career (2011-2012)	$5,049,567 ($965,155)
1-3	Davis Cup Singles Career	14-10
2-1	Head to Head	1-2

CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD: ISNER vs. WAWRINKA (Isner leads, 2-1)

Year	Event	Level	Surface	Round	Winner	Score
2011	Paris	ATP Tour	Hard	First Round	Isner	6-7(3), 7-5, 7-6(5)
2010	Belgrade	ATP Tour	Clay	Semifinals	Isner	7-5, 7-5
2009	Tokyo	ATP Tour	Hard	First Round	Wawrinka	6-4, 6-4

JOHN ISNER IN THE FOURTH SINGLES RUBBER

Isner’s Record: 1-0; U.S. Record: 1-0

YEAR	ROUND	LOCATION	SURFACE	MATCH	OPPONENT	RESULT	SCORE	FINAL SCORE
2011	WG 1R	at Chile	Outdoor Hard	R5	Guillermo Rivera-Aranguiz	W	63 67(4) 75	USA, 4-1

Davis Cup Career RECORDS (thru 2011)

U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM

Player	Ties Played	Singles Record	Doubles Record	Overall Record
Mardy Fish	10	6-7	3-1	9-8
John Isner	3	1-3	2-0	3-3
Ryan Harrison	1	—	—	—
Mike Bryan	21	0-1	19-2	19-3

SWISS DAVIS CUP TEAM

Player	Ties Played	Singles Record	Doubles Record	Overall Record
Roger Federer	20	30-6	11-6	41-12
Stanislas Wawrinka	15	14-10	2-7	16-17
Marco Chiudinelli	8	5-7	0-2	5-9
Michael Lammer	4	0-4	1-0	1-4

PLAYING ON CLAY COURTS*

The United States has played 86 Davis Cup ties on clay (73 outdoors, 13 indoors), and has a record of 61-25, posting a better winning percentage (.709) than Switzerland, which is 22-26 (.458) in 48 ties on clay.

UNITED STATES	RECORD ON CLAY COURTS	SWITZERLAND
86	Ties played	48
61-25	Record	22-26
2011 World Group First Round d. Chile, 4-1, in Santiago, Chile	Last Time	2010 World Group First Round lost to Spain, 4-1, in Logrono, Spain
2 wins	Current Streak	1 loss

*All-time Davis Cup database records for surface are incomplete.

U.S. DAVIS CUP TEAM ON CLAY COURTS

Player	Davis Cup Singles Record	Davis Cup Doubles Record	Career Singles Record*	Career Titles/Finals	BEST FINISH AT THE FRENCH OPEN
Mardy Fish	4-3	2-0	28-34	1/0	Third round in 2011
John Isner	1-3	2-0	15-21	0/1	Third round in 2010
Ryan Harrison	0-0	0-0	1-3	0/0	First round in 2011 (qualified)
Mike Bryan	0-1	9-0	0-2	(16 doubles titles)	Doubles Champion in 2003

SWISS DAVIS CUP TEAM ON CLAY COURTS

Player	Davis Cup Singles Record	Davis Cup Doubles Record	Career Singles Record*	Career Titles/Finals	BEST FINISH AT THE FRENCH OPEN
Roger Federer	9-2	3-1	163-50	9/12	Champion in 2009
Stanislas Wawrinka	6-2	0-3	87-52	2/3	Round of 16 in 2010 and 2011
Marco Chiudinelli	0-2	0-1	7-13	0/0	Second round in 2010
Michael Lammer	0-2	0-0	1-9	0/0	Second round of qualifying twice (2007, 2010)

*Individual records as of January 30, 2012

2011 DAVIS CUP RESULTS

United States

World Group First Round: def. Chile in Santiago, Chile (outdoor clay) 4-1

World Group Quarterfinal lost to Spain in Austin, Texas (indoor hard) 1-3

Switzerland

Group 1, Europe/Africa QF: def. Portugal in Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard) 5-0

World Group Playoff: def. Australia in Sydney, Australia (outdoor grass) 3-2

2011 Davis Cup Individual Records
United States	Position	Switzerland
Andy Roddick (2-0), Mardy Fish (0-2)	No. 1 singles	Roger Federer (3-0)
	Substitute No. 1	Marco Chiudinelli (1-0)
John Isner (1-1), Andy Roddick (0-1)	No. 2 singles	Stanislas Wawrinka (4-0)
Bob Bryan (1-0), Mike Bryan (1-0)	Doubles	Roger Federer (1-1), Stanislas Wawrinka (1-1)